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Merger activity / Percent

HSR Second Request rate

Second Request investigations as a share of adjusted HSR transactions.
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2016-2025

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Second Request rate over timeObserved release path for each visible fiscal year; no interpolated or forward-filled frames.
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Second Request rate over time

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Second Request rate / TrendObserved release path for each visible fiscal year; no interpolated or forward-filled frames.
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Comparison boundaryHSR transactions are federal premerger notifications, not a census of every U.S. merger. Second Requests are review-stage counts, not findings that a transaction was anticompetitive.

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Antitrust RadarHSR Second Request rate: Trend / 2016-2025

SourceAntitrust Radar bounded indicator registry

Antitrust RadarSource-backed competition figure

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